Magnus Abe
Senator Magnus Abe (APC-Rivers South East) has stated that the popularity of Dr Kayode Fayemi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) ensured victory in the just concluded Ekiti governorship election.
Speaking to on Tuesday, the lawmaker advised candidates for political offices to interact with the people properly to gain popularity.
He said the people of Ekiti voted for Fayemi because of his popularity and good interaction he had with the people unlike his opponent, Prof. Oladipo Olusola.
Abe said: “The biggest lesson from the PDP’s defeat is that the party’s flag bearer is unpopular in the political landscape of Ekiti.
“Everybody knows Fayose as a sitting governor in Ekiti and Mr Kayode Fayemi as the flag bearer of the APC but only few people know the PDP flagbearer.
“On the day of the election, the good people of Ekiti voted massively for the candidate they know, I think this is an instructive lesson for politicians across the country.”
The senator congratulated Fayemi and the APC on their victory and advised the PDP to stop the bickering and support the incoming governor in an effort to move the state forward.